Nyiar Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Nyiar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Nyiar (61) may also be a first name.
Nyiar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyiar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyiar is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyiar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,281,391st most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyiar reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nyiar is also the 1,257,960th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 61 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria Nyiar is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 99 percent are found, Rivers, where 1 percent are found and Taraba, where 1 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nyiar
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